no 2 inclusive
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 09:58 (fourteen years ago) link
We should do a separate poll for British comedians Did a search and this is the best I could find from 2006, http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2006/12/29/4870/where_the_funny_money_is I guess SBC, Ricky Gervais and Russell Brand would make the list now.
― Terminator Eggs (Billy Dods), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:10 (fourteen years ago) link
ricky gervaise and SBC would be the list
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:11 (fourteen years ago) link
xxp saying Seinfeld is a lock for worst is only slightly less challopy
― I told u I was deathcore (DJ Mencap), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:16 (fourteen years ago) link
imo, imo
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:18 (fourteen years ago) link
If I was to make a list of all the UK comedians who do arena tours I guess it would be close to a list of the biggest ones? So it'd be Brand, Gervais, Michael Mcintyre, Eddie Izzard, Harry Hill, Al Murray, Little Britain ppl, Mighty Boosh ppl and apparently Russell Howard (! - or is it?)
― I told u I was deathcore (DJ Mencap), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Coogan at one time probably made a large chunk of his income from large-theatre tours but now he can probably make 10x that from a cameo in a Hollywood movie (hence interrupting rehearsals for last autumn's "AP and Other Less Successful Chars" for a stint in NATM2...lousy early reviews for the former followed).
― Michael Jones, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:24 (fourteen years ago) link
Oh and Steve Coogan for a round 10 xp
― I told u I was deathcore (DJ Mencap), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:25 (fourteen years ago) link
jimmy carr?
― butchered in the spooky twilight (stevie), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:27 (fourteen years ago) link
Other big Brit stand-up earners - Lee Evans, surely? Both Carrs. And yr old guard like Roy Chubby Brown? These figures at the top of the thread put British comedy into perspective though. I mean, yr Mock The Week/HIGNFY/8 of 10 Cats staples have probably paid off a chunk of their mortgage on a semi in the suburbs and that's it.
xp
― Michael Jones, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link
that fat guy? that dude with all the tics? jack dee?
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:28 (fourteen years ago) link
why can't i remember the name of that fat guy? peter kaye!
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I seem to see Bill Bailey on the back of a lot of newspapers
― MPx4A, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:29 (fourteen years ago) link
mock the week. we have a thread on this show, right?
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I assume that the ones from the UK list who have got their foot in the Hollywood door will be the biggest earners by quite a distance
― I told u I was deathcore (DJ Mencap), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:32 (fourteen years ago) link
fwiw my list was less the product of deep consideration and more the first ten that popped up when I googled the listings for my local arena venue and saw what comedians were listed there
― I told u I was deathcore (DJ Mencap), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:34 (fourteen years ago) link
If we had a British list based purely on stand-up earnings (and video sales of same), you might end up with the likes of JETHRO in there somewhere.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:37 (fourteen years ago) link
jethro?
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:38 (fourteen years ago) link
a quick GIS intrigues me. who is this jethro chracter and what is his angle? flat caps seem to be a part of it.
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Comedy based on badger-gassing, scrumpy and shooting townies.
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:41 (fourteen years ago) link
he works blue.
― history mayne, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:41 (fourteen years ago) link
He is Cornwall's funniest man.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:42 (fourteen years ago) link
wkiw Jethro tbh
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I've seen Jethro, he's weird. Sort of chuckles to himself while saying "cock" a lot.
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:43 (fourteen years ago) link
there's an app market for that
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:45 (fourteen years ago) link
xp wkiw?
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Where does Ted Chippington fit into this?
― MPx4A, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:45 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost
would kick it with
― Oppositional Soup (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:46 (fourteen years ago) link
glad i only know the top two
― modescalator (blueski), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:49 (fourteen years ago) link
i voted for dane cook. i'd probably pick dunham if i were more familiar with his repertoire.
― MC Hammarskjöld (get bent), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:52 (fourteen years ago) link
This is a pretty accurate video of the experience of watching Jethro.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arlI7iJyEM4I suppose he's only pretending to be pissed?
― Ned Trifle II, Monday, 28 September 2009 10:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Hugh Laurie would be the top earning Brit perhaps?
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Monday, 28 September 2009 10:53 (fourteen years ago) link
Stretching the definition of comedian there a bit. John Cleese? Though he's always crying poverty due to various divorce settlements.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 28 September 2009 11:01 (fourteen years ago) link
he still had the income at some stage, we're not allowing those complaints to stand.
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 11:05 (fourteen years ago) link
thread title makes me want to start Top Ten Ealing Comedies
― modescalator (blueski), Monday, 28 September 2009 11:11 (fourteen years ago) link
Griff Rhys Jones, Mel Smith, Jimmy Mulville and Jasper Carrott have all made a fortune from their production companies
― Ward Fowler, Monday, 28 September 2009 11:18 (fourteen years ago) link
and rory mcgrath can be added to that, right?
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 11:18 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, no.
― history mayne, Monday, 28 September 2009 11:19 (fourteen years ago) link
the reason he's in the state he's in is that he cashed out early and his buddies didn't.
iirc anyway.
― history mayne, Monday, 28 September 2009 11:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Good call on Prod Comp comics. Mulville probably the 4th wealthiest Everton fan after Sir Paul Mc, Bill Kenwright and, er, Sly Stallone.
― Michael Jones, Monday, 28 September 2009 11:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Rowan Atkinson is HUGELY rich I think.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Monday, 28 September 2009 11:27 (fourteen years ago) link
didn't know that about mcgrath. just assumed he was on that bandwagon with the rest of them.
― What are the benefits of dating a younger guy, better erections? (darraghmac), Monday, 28 September 2009 11:36 (fourteen years ago) link
it's local folklore at any rate that mcgrath was on board hat trick but got out too soon. wiki suggests he was involved for longer than i'd thought, but i guess the founders flipped it after he left or something. talkback was sold off for millions some time in the 90s or 00s iirc.
― history mayne, Monday, 28 September 2009 11:42 (fourteen years ago) link
what about billy connolly? he must have some money. and he does sell-out shows, right? or do scottish people not count?
― scott seward, Monday, 28 September 2009 12:55 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah I meant to mention him, he very much counts... he's about to do a shit ton of consecutive nights in the SECC in Glasgow, if you added them all up it would be like a stadium show
― I told u I was deathcore (DJ Mencap), Monday, 28 September 2009 13:01 (fourteen years ago) link
xposts, dont know when this was published, but
Rowan Atkinson is revealed today as Britain's richest TV star, thanks largely to his nerdy misfit creation, Mr Bean.
The 48-year- old comedian has impressive homes in Chelsea and Oxford, drives a collection of luxurious fast cars . . . and is worth around £60million.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-172901/60m-Mr-Bean-tops-TV-rich-list.html
― rent, Monday, 28 September 2009 13:03 (fourteen years ago) link
i think larry the cable guy is a fucking GENIUS. cuz this is what he was like before he came up with his million dollar character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIWO5LgUZ28
― scott seward, Monday, 28 September 2009 13:04 (fourteen years ago) link
i mean, to go from 4th-rate hack comic playing crap dives for years to second-rate hee haw rip-off multi-million dollar industry is pretty inspired and inspiring.
― scott seward, Monday, 28 September 2009 13:06 (fourteen years ago) link
i agree he's shrewd etc, but i don't hold it against him, since he's a performer...what comedian doesn't cop an alternative personality on stage
― rent, Monday, 28 September 2009 13:09 (fourteen years ago) link